Chechnya president hits out at gay purge reports

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The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has hit out at international organisation and decried reports of the gay purge in the Russian region.

Kadyrov took to social media to claim that he had met with the human rights council in the region and that he had worked with the organisation to make a “grandiose improvement” to rights in the region.

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He also accused international organisations of conducting a “massive information attack using the most unworthy methods, reality is distorted, attempts are being made to blacken our society, lifestyle, traditions and customs.”